I don't post about political issues much anymore. There is more than one reason for this...I feel that others are better informed/more articulate about the subject, I don't wish to offend friends/family, it seems redundant, I feel ill-equipped to participate in a full scale debate, or I don't feel smart enough post-Bell's Palsy. But sometimes I just get this feeling that won't let me stay silent. Writing is what I turn to in order to express myself in an articulate way because orally so much gets in the way. My lisp and my inability to come up with quick enough answers are the two biggest examples.
A couple of days ago a family member commented on an image someone shared on Facebook. Her praise of the quote surprised me because if it were not for two little words at the bottom I would have assumed that the quote was of one Rush Limbaugh. That President Obama would say such a thing is something that I probably shouldn't find surprising on an election year, but I did.
Democrats do not have a monopoly on Women's Rights. No political party or religion or philosophy can. My gut tells me that he's simply trying to sound more conservative so that he can be reelected. My brain is telling me that he is blatantly lying. The only equality that women will receive in Obamacare is that everyone's right to make decisions about what care they receive will be equally limited by the "death" panels that Obamacare empowers.
Mr. President, I am perfectly capable of making my own health decisions. Why then were you one of the architects of a plan to take my choices away?
I stand by my response on Facebook: Death panels are for everyone. But taking my freedom away in the name of equality...that I will never agree with. The majority of people who don't have healthcare don't want healthcare...and under your plan I am certainly one of them.
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